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And to such a [pitch ?] was this doctrine [illegible, starts with G ending with ed] (at a crisis when we have scarcely [illegible ] & [illegible]) that when some very young gentlemen were refused a furlough. Many offered their Resignations, & some chose to depart without any further ceremony--saying they were advised to do so--by experienced Officers:

Those Gentlemen feel that they were wrong advised; I am endeavouring to fix upon the Principal--when an example shall take place, that will effectually prevent, such doctrine or attempts in future,

But this is not all, I have but too much cause to believe that the neglect on the part of the Contractors was occasioned by a many headed monster. The high price of the rations at Fort Hamilton, in proportion to the [illegible] far advances might operate as a [illegible ] upon the minds of those Gentlemen__to [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] to be principally made theres, (as the greater part of the transport may be effected by water) but they would not have [illegible starts with r, ends with ed, 8 or 9 letters between r and ed], to almost totally neglect the deposits at the Head of the River which they